Key Morcombe witness 'blinded'

THE former girlfriend of a convicted paedophile was "blinded by love" when she lied to police about her partner's whereabouts on the day Daniel Morcombe went missing.

The man, known as Person of Interest 5, was in jail for child abuse in 2000 when the woman met him through another prisoner and began writing him letters and visiting him.

At the resumption of an inquest into the Sunshine Coast teen's suspected death in Brisbane Coroners Court this morning, the court heard P5 was released from prison in November 2003 and moved into the woman's home in Goodna, west of Brisbane, which was shared by the woman's children.

On December 7, 2003, the day 13-year-old Daniel went missing from Nambour Connection Road where he was waiting for a bus, P5 left the woman's home for several hours, the court heard.

But when police interviewed the woman about P5's movements that day, she told them he had been at home with her.